- #1 Orcs Must Die! 3
82% matchVery Positive86% of 14,646 reviews2021
Dev: Robot Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Slice, burn, toss, zap, grind and gib massive hordes of repugnant orcs in this long-awaited successor to the award-winning Orcs Must Die! series.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.6%, Third-Person Shooter 16.6%, Co-op 14.5%, Online Co-Op 7.8%, PvE 7.7%
- #2 EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6
82% matchMixed69% of 6,922 reviews2024
Dev: SANDLOTPub: D3PUBLISHER
Windows
Median: 28.8 hrsMean: 55.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Live the future of despair.The year is 2024 AD. The survivors fought against the remaining threats while trying their best to continue their recovery.Three years passed in the year 2027. In a new world without hope, the time has come to once again resist the fate of the Earth.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 23.8%, Online Co-Op 13.3%, Local Co-Op 11.5%, Shooter 9.5%, PvE 8.6%
- #3 Tavernacle!
81% matchMixed59% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: Dama Dama Games
Windows
Grab your hammers and start to craft in this co-op Tavern Defense for one to four players. As a team of Dwarves, you must gather supplies and build towers to protect your beloved brewery. Learn to cooperate to achieve victory in this chaotic multiplayer game!
Why similar: Tower Defense 19.5%, Third-Person Shooter 16.6%, Co-op 11.7%, Online Co-Op 9.9%, PvE 8.7%
- #4 Alien Task Force
80% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Benjamin MccormickPub: Play 2 Crush Gaming
Windows
A Sci-fi wave-based game with a variety of weapons and bosses every 10 waves. Also has a shop after every wave with health, ammo and upgrades. WASD movement and keys 1 for Blaster and 2 for Rifle.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 25.1%, Third Person 13.1%, Futuristic 10.5%, Local Co-Op 10.4%, Shooter 10.2%
- #5 Mortal Void
78% matchNo user reviews
Windows
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 21.1%, Co-op 14.8%, Multiplayer 14%, PvE 13.5%, Online Co-Op 8.1%
- #6 Orcs Must Die! 2
78% matchVery Positive92% of 19,499 reviews2012
Dev: Robot Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You’ve tossed, burned and sliced them by the thousands – now orcs must die more than ever before! Grab a friend and slay orcs in untold numbers in this sequel to the 2011 AIAS Strategy Game of the Year from Robot Entertainment.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.8%, Co-op 14.6%, Third-Person Shooter 10.7%, Online Co-Op 10%, Multiplayer 5.8%
- #7 P.A.I.N.T.
76% matchMostly Positive70% of 116 reviews2020
Dev: Plankwalk StudioPub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
In this cooperative third-person shooter, you take control of the P.U.N.K.’s. Rebels that shoot their way through an evil factory with high-powered paint blasters. Sabotage the tyrannical corporation and fight your way through their factory to achieve the highest chaos score!
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 24.3%, Online Co-Op 16.9%, Co-op 12.2%, Multiplayer 10.7%, PvE 9.9%
- #8 MannyTD
74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Oliver Steizinger
Windows
Manny TD is a hybrid tower defense and third-person shooter with random in game elements. Join and get your personal high score!
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.9%, Third-Person Shooter 21.4%, Shooter 11.3%, Strategy 11%, Futuristic 8.7%
- #9 Wireframe Warfare
72% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Vapor Cat Games LLC
Windows
Wireframe Warfare is a Singleplayer Action/Tower Defense hybrid game created by a solo developer over the course of a year. Blast and strategize your way through various levels, combating waves of viruses attacking Cyber Beacons across the pathways of a digital space
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.2%, Third-Person Shooter 20.6%, Shooter 11.1%, Strategy 10.6%, Third Person 7%
- #10 Graveyard Caretaker
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: JudoChopped Studios
Windows
A third person shooter and tower defence game.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 28.9%, Tower Defense 26.5%, PvE 12.9%, Shooter 10.2%, Third Person 7.2%
- #11 Horde Arena
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DD Games
Windows
Horde Arena is a third-person shooter roguelite where you survive endless enemy waves. Pick a character, upgrade your stats and weapons, and evolve to dominate the battlefield. Play solo or team up with up to four players in co-op mode.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 19.6%, Online Co-Op 16.7%, Co-op 15.5%, Multiplayer 11.9%, PvE 11.9%
- #12 forever-happy-town
70% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: tjern
Windows · Linux
A PvE multiplayer shooter where a prophecy of eight endless nights is rapidly approaching, are you good enough to keep the town forever happy? You'd better be, else a herd of lovely rabbits will require rapid relocation.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 30.3%, Online Co-Op 14.2%, Shooter 12.9%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Score Attack 10.6%
- #13 Gunmetal Gothic
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ynoham
Windows
A co-op shooter-RPG with a retro-3D aesthetic. Customize and upgrade your character as you take back the city of Vestige from demonic machines!
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 22%, Co-op 13.2%, Online Co-Op 12.5%, PvE 11.2%, Character Customization 10.7%
- #14 Planetary Conflict: 2301
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Sunrealm Studios
Windows
Planetary Conflict: 2301 is sci-fi multiplayer third person shooter set in the future, in a war between the Lunar Federation and Planetary Union.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 20.1%, PvE 10.1%, Character Customization 9.6%, Futuristic 9.2%, Online Co-Op 8.8%
- #15 Voodolls
71% matchMixed57% of 44 reviews2023
Dev: SideRiftPub: Tate Multimedia
Windows
Voodolls is an Action Tower Defense game in spherical worlds. You play as voodoo dolls looking for redemption and are forced to protect your Puppet Master from the demons that are chasing you. Friends, totems, and rituals will be your most valuable assets during this crazy adventure!
Why similar: Tower Defense 20%, Third-Person Shooter 17.9%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, PvE 9.9%, Third Person 7.9%
- #16 Puropu Defense Squad
70% matchMixed60% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: PlayTogether Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Defend your world as sentient Props in Puropu Defense Squad! Build, upgrade, and evolve your heroes to crush waves of filthy humans worldwide. Dive into a unique mix of third-person action and tower defense—solo or with friends—in an endlessly replayable co-op campaign!
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.3%, Online Co-Op 13.9%, Third-Person Shooter 13.5%, Co-op 13.3%, Multiplayer 9.2%
- #17 Circuit Defender
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Velidyne
Windows
A first person shooter and tower defense blend where players defend against waves of robots. Play alone or with friends to design paths, build towers, and upgrade weapons to protect key areas!
Why similar: Tower Defense 22.4%, Co-op 13.3%, Online Co-Op 13.2%, Futuristic 10.5%, PvE 9.4%
- #18 AI Olympius
69% matchVery Positive90% of 150 reviews2023
Dev: Lion's Shade
Windows
Join the rebels in a third-person shooter with RPG elements and base-building mode. Fight against various combat drone models under the control of the supreme AI.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 22.1%, PvE 11.3%, Character Customization 10.8%, Local Co-Op 10.1%, Shooter 9.4%
- #19 BattleTubers
69% matchMixed60% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Jiffy Goat
Windows
The Digital Media Acquisition Creature and his army of CopyWright Creeps have invaded Vtuber worlds! Gather a group of friends and battle as one of your favorite streamers to defend their homes!
Why similar: Online Co-Op 23%, Third-Person Shooter 17.8%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Local Co-Op 13.5%, Shooter 11%
- #20 Dungeon Master
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Panomix Studio
Windows
In Dungeon Master, you either try to escape a randomly generated dungeon as a survivor or hunt down survivors as the Dungeon Master. It's a cross-platform game where your role determines your goal—no place for luck or coincidence, just skill, strategy, and survival.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 18.6%, Online Co-Op 14.5%, PvE 11.1%, Co-op 10.7%, Stylized 9.9%
- #21 The Final Hold
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MightByte Games
Windows
You and your teammates must survive as long as possible against relentless robots and deadly creatures. Your aim matters, but so does your strategy. Every enemy type fights differently, so stay ready. Fortify your base with turrets, healing stations, traps and a variety of upgrades.
Why similar: Tower Defense 17.5%, Co-op 16%, Third-Person Shooter 14%, Shooter 10.8%, Third Person 9.5%
- #22 Spacelords
69% matchMixed53% of 3,259 reviews2017
Dev: MercurySteamPub: Mercury Steam Entertainment s.l.
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Embark on an epic sci-fi, free-to-play adventure. Spacelords is a brand-new take on the shooter genre. Through its 4 vs 1 campaign, you experience both sides of the story: Join the Raiders in their fight to free the legendary Broken Planet, or switch sides and fight as the Antagonist alongside the invading hordes!
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 15.9%, Online Co-Op 12.2%, Co-op 11.8%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Shooter 8.7%
- #23 Gangs of Sherwood
68% matchMixed42% of 280 reviews2023
Dev: Appeal StudiosPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Fight the armies of the Sheriff of Nottingham and lead the rebellion, solo or in co-op with up to 4 players. Play as one of the Merry Men, combine your attacks, and free the people in this futuristic dystopia inspired by the legend of Robin Hood.
Why similar: Co-op 17.5%, Online Co-Op 17.4%, Multiplayer 13.6%, PvE 13.3%, Shooter 9.6%
- #24 Luminleaf Chronicles
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Minimum Studio Corp.
Windows
"Luminleaf Chronicles" is a local multiplayer game for 1 to 4 players that combines elements of survival, adventure, and roguelike genres. Acquire items, upgrade your skills, and defeat the continuously appearing bosses to survive tooth and nail in the game world, ultimately face the Skeleton King!
Why similar: Tower Defense 19.4%, Local Co-Op 14.8%, Online Co-Op 13%, Co-op 11.7%, Multiplayer 9.5%
- #25 Ringo TD
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Techiez
Windows
Ringo TD is a tower defense game with a unique twist—only one movable tower, a magical flower you need to water to recharge. Utilize your melee attacks and adapt to different enemy types in this dynamic and strategic adventure.
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.7%, Local Co-Op 14.9%, Co-op 11.8%, Cartoony 11.3%, PvE 10.9%
- #26 Who Run The City: Multiplayer
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: Khalil HammoudaPub: AKM Games
Windows
Who Run The City is a Third-Person Multiplayer funny game where gangsters are doing illegal stuff (stealing money, selling drugs ...) and the police have to stop them.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 19.5%, Co-op 19.2%, Online Co-Op 17.5%, Multiplayer 17.2%, Shooter 8.3%
- #27 S.M.A.C.K.
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Knooblegooble GamesPub: K.G.G.
Windows
S.M.A.C.K. is an online multiplayer, third-person sandbox shooter, where you suck ordinary objects into your personal particle-izer and fire them at your friends with specialized weapons placed within the environment. ANYTHING IS AMMO!
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 20%, Online Co-Op 13.9%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Futuristic 10.2%, Shooter 7.8%
- #28 CrossPlanet Beta
65% matchMixed65% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: CrossPlanet Team
Windows
A fast-paced, third-person arena shooter which focuses on movement and skill-based comabt. Outmaneuver and out-gun enemies to win, with mechanics such as double jumping, evading, grapple hook and jetpacks. No paywalls, no microtransactions, just fun, and it's free!
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 23.6%, Multiplayer 12%, Third Person 10.2%, Shooter 9.7%, Futuristic 9.2%
- #29 ArcRunner
66% matchMixed70% of 235 reviews2023
Dev: Trickjump Games LtdPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Traverse 'The Arc' in this beautiful, Cyberpunk-styled action rogue-lite as you attempt to reset an evil rogue AI. Experiment with different weapons and augments as you fight hordes of machines programmed for your annihilation! Collect Nanites & power-up after every run either solo or with friends!
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 19.2%, Online Co-Op 12.2%, Futuristic 10.7%, Co-op 10.3%, Shooter 8.7%
- #30 The Fate of Baldr
65% matchPositive85% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: Ananki Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Join the Vikings in an epic tower defense adventure! Defend your ship against mythical bosses while mining resources and upgrading skills. Battle solo or team up with friends in online co-op for a journey of strategy, conquest, and victory.
Why similar: Tower Defense 17.8%, Third-Person Shooter 16.8%, Online Co-Op 12.2%, PvE 8.5%, Multiplayer 7.7%
- #31 Null Reference Exception
65% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: 1nstall
Windows
Become a future AI and delve into 3D bullet hell action in an advanced lab. Combine various modules, repeat combat training, enhance stats with research points, and earn achievements to develop your unique combat style. Enjoy overcoming waves of enemies and defeating bosses within time limits.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 30.3%, Character Customization 14.5%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Futuristic 8.2%, PvE 7.9%
- #32 MeecheenMe
65% matchPositive89% of 38 reviews2021
Dev: Meecheen
Windows
A crazy online third person shooter. Create and import Custom Models & Custom Taunts for everyone to see!
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 30.7%, Online Co-Op 18.9%, Multiplayer 15.5%, Character Customization 13%, Shooter 8%
- #33 Space Entity
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SURPRISED HOTDOG LIMITED
Windows
Space Entity is a 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. A entity is within the space ship. Get the power back on and use the escape pods to live on.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 18.9%, Online Co-Op 17%, Co-op 14.6%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Futuristic 10.1%
- #34 Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap
63% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,372 reviews2025
Dev: Robot Entertainment
Windows
Median: 13.6 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap combines chaotic third-person combat with devious trap-laying strategy. Enjoy endless replayability as your War Mage grows stronger through roguelite progression. Repel relentless orc hordes solo or with up to 4 players.
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.1%, Third-Person Shooter 19.2%, Co-op 12.8%, Online Co-Op 11.8%, PvE 9.2%
- #35 NECROSYNTEX
63% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: 아무거나
Windows
A 4-player co-op shooter set in a world overrun by mutant creatures. Use powerful yet risky doping effects to fight alongside your team and complete missions.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 31%, Co-op 17.8%, Multiplayer 13.5%, PvE 9.4%, Shooter 7.5%
- #36 Bloons TD 6
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 382,108 reviews2018
Dev: Ninja Kiwi
Windows · Mac
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 75.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.2%, Online Co-Op 15.6%, Co-op 13.5%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Strategy 8.6%
- #37 Bug Bite Tower Defence
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spehkeee
Windows
Defend on your kitchen counter in this thrilling tower defence meets third-person shooter! Battle waves of insects, from pesky ants to colossal beetles. Earn cash for kills, upgrade weapons, and fortify with powerful turrets. Can you protect the sugar cube?
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 31.8%, Tower Defense 29.1%, PvE 14.1%, Cartoony 7.8%, Strategy 7%
- #38 Ultimate Waifu Battle Online
65% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: callysgames
Windows
UWBO is a Tower Defense game about some cute waifus that try to prevent the invading monsters from absorbing the energy from the Energy-Crystals. Play it in coop mode with your friends to help each other and of course the cute helpless girls.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.8%, Third-Person Shooter 20.1%, Online Co-Op 15%, Co-op 8.7%, Shooter 8.7%
- #39 Romania Prop Hunt
63% matchPositive98% of 43 reviews2024
Dev: Street Art Studios
Windows
Romania Prop Hunt is a multiplayer game where you play with your friends and hide as a prop, an object from the game, and the Hunter tries to find them!
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 31.6%, Third Person 12.7%, Co-op 12%, Local Co-Op 10%, Online Co-Op 8.5%
- #40 Rangers
64% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: Sektan
Windows
This is a zombie survival game for one player and for cooperation in 4 players.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 29.6%, Co-op 20.8%, Multiplayer 18.7%, Shooter 12.2%, Third Person 9.8%
- #41 Aliens: Fireteam Elite
63% matchMostly Positive80% of 26,336 reviews2021
Dev: Cold Iron Studios
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a cooperative third-person survival game set in the iconic Alien Universe. Battle through hordes of different types of Xenomorph, customize your character and gear, and level-up as you try to contain this ever-growing threat.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 19.9%, Co-op 15.6%, Online Co-Op 13.5%, Character Customization 10.6%, Shooter 10.4%
- #42 Neutralized: Dark moon
63% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: 上海禹幻科技有限公司
Windows
在毁灭级世界末日来临前夕,扮演人类延续保障组织“全球超自然理事会”的机动特遣队成员,前往异界锚点,浴血奋战杀出异常个体的重围,武力收容强大的异常怪物首领。您可以选择做一位孤胆英雄,也可以与好友并肩作战。通过各种手段搜罗异常道具和异星科技装置,并依靠它们的力量,直到您对决帷幕之下最为可怕的世界真相。
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 27.5%, Online Co-Op 16.5%, Third Person 14.6%, Shooter 11.9%, Multiplayer 9.4%
- #43 Nonsense Defense
63% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sumoa Slush LLC
Windows
Roguelite tower defense with moveable chaos. Build towers and troops, drag them mid battle, dash through danger, and defend your crystal solo or with up to three friends in online co op.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.9%, Online Co-Op 17.8%, Co-op 14.4%, Multiplayer 11%, PvE 9.3%
- #44 Unity to survive
62% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Team Unity
Windows
A 3rd-person co-op survival shooter for up to 4 players. Fight off endless waves of monsters, upgrade your gear, and defeat giant bosses through teamwork and fast-paced action.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 18.3%, Multiplayer 17.4%, Co-op 17.3%, Shooter 17.3%, Third Person 7.1%
- #45 Rise:30 Minutes to Extinction
65% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: Antarctic Games
Windows
A fast paced third person shooter. Race against the clock alone or with friends across multiple maps and game modes to defeat the alien horde and save the planet!
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 27.7%, Online Co-Op 16.8%, Co-op 15%, Multiplayer 12.2%, Shooter 10.7%
- #46 HELLDIVERS™ 2
61% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,119,794 reviews2024
Dev: Arrowhead Game StudiosPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 44.5 hrsMean: 100.1 hrs≥1hr: 98%
The Galaxy’s Last Line of Offence. Enlist in the Helldivers and join the fight for freedom across a hostile galaxy in a fast, frantic, and ferocious third-person shooter.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 21.5%, Online Co-Op 18.1%, PvE 12%, Co-op 11.2%, Multiplayer 11.1%
- #47 PWN!
62% matchMixed62% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Jeon YujeongPub: PWNERS
Windows
PWN! is a third-person shooter with a cyberpunk setting. Become a virus invading a computer, defeat anti-virus monsters, and destroy security gimmicks to clear the stage. Four types of guns and several types of skills will make your play more diverse.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 29.5%, Shooter 15%, Third Person 9.3%, Stylized 8.7%, Co-op 7.5%
- #48 McDROID
65% matchMostly Positive73% of 215 reviews2014
Dev: Elefantopia
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Farm, Build, Defend, in the Galaxy's only Arcade-Tower-Defense.
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.2%, Third-Person Shooter 23%, Cartoony 10.9%, Character Customization 7.7%, Shooter 6.9%
- #49 Die Robot
62% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Paracosm
Windows
Build traps. Fight bots. Survive the waves. Die Robot is a stylized third-person tower defense game where you defend a mysterious Data Seed from waves of robots, the Carbonites. Mix real-time base building with fast-paced combat in a strategic fight for survival.
Why similar: Tower Defense 24%, Third-Person Shooter 23.7%, Third Person 9.3%, Cartoony 8.3%, Strategy 7.2%
- #50 Federation Mycha
62% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Derpy Nerd Studios
Windows
Step into a world over run with Mycha, a strange mineral with seemingly magical powers. Clear monster-infested environments and protect researchers on your own or with up to three other players online. Welcome to The Federation.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 17.3%, Co-op 15.1%, Futuristic 13.1%, Multiplayer 12.8%, PvE 12.1%
- #51 Dead Space™ 3
62% matchMostly Positive73% of 14,081 reviews2020
Dev: Visceral GamesPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Journey across space to the icy planet of Tau Volantis with Isaac Clarke and Sgt. John Carver to discover and destroy the source of the Necromorph outbreak.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 19.7%, Online Co-Op 17.9%, Co-op 14.9%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Shooter 9.9%
- #52 17.waves TD
62% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Peartree GamesPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
17.waves is an online co-op tower defense game for up to four players. Strategize with your teammates to build, upgrade, and maintain your towers to defend your base from hordes of invading aliens.
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.2%, Online Co-Op 17.6%, Co-op 12.6%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Sci-fi 9.3%
- #53 Sanctum 2
63% matchVery Positive90% of 14,354 reviews2013
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.
Why similar: Tower Defense 43.5%, Co-op 16.1%, Online Co-Op 10%, Multiplayer 6.6%, Sci-fi 6.4%
- #54 Glorpotron
62% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bitwise Botworks, Inc
Windows · Mac
A tower defense roguelike about robots and ooze. Play solo or local multiplayer, protect the Glorp, and defeat the creeps.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.8%, Local Co-Op 22.4%, Co-op 16%, Futuristic 8.8%, Strategy 7.8%
- #55 ExtracTD
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wanderweg Games
Windows
ExtracTD is an action-packed multiplayer tower defense game for up to 4 players in local and online co-op. Plan and build your defense maze together and defend a giant mining machine from angry space monsters.
Why similar: Tower Defense 20.4%, Local Co-Op 17.5%, Online Co-Op 13.8%, Co-op 8.9%, Sci-fi 7.9%
- #56 STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II
61% matchVery Positive88% of 93,916 reviews2020
Dev: DICEPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 26.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Be the hero in the ultimate STAR WARS™ battle fantasy with STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II: Celebration Edition!
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 21.5%, Multiplayer 15.7%, Co-op 13%, Online Co-Op 12.8%, Shooter 10.5%
- #57 Technitive
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cybernetic Studios LLC
Windows
Technitive is a first-person open world tower defense set in 2043, where you advance from primitive tools to machines and modern weapons. A colonization attempt is set on an Earth-like planet after an extinction threat to Earth. Colonize the planet and save mankind!
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.5%, Third-Person Shooter 24.4%, Futuristic 11.9%, Third Person 8.7%, Strategy 7.9%
- #58 Strange Brigade
62% matchVery Positive84% of 11,138 reviews2018
Dev: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Embark on an exotic journey into danger in this rip-roaring 1930s third person adventure for 1-4 players! Encounter pulse-pounding action, treacherous traps and tales of derring-do!
Why similar: Co-op 19.2%, Online Co-Op 16.9%, Third-Person Shooter 14.3%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Shooter 11.2%
- #59 Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™
62% matchMostly Positive71% of 18,413 reviews2020
Dev: PopCapPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Kick some grass in Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville, the wackiest shooter yet!
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 23.8%, Tower Defense 18.7%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Online Co-Op 11.9%, PvE 10.2%